Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-20


could scarcely wait until p. M. when
the early edition Of the Vortex came out.
AS soon as / could secure copy l turn
ed To the editorial page, and there, there !!
at the very top, was an editorial of some
100 or 200 words. double loaded, and
headed 1.-The Evidence at Hand"
1t began by rebearsing the items
which had appeared In the Vortex and
Blizzard, regarding Ernest Carlton, and
concluded by printing my letter, as
follows:
r, the Editor O5the p stee
DEAR SIR: My attention having been
directed TO the doubt expressed by the Daily
Blizzard concerning the statement made in
your valuable journal that had not poisoned
my grandmother, 1 deem IL proper TO state
that there never was q particle OF fount Ia
ton in fact for that cruel and malicious
rumor.
1t is true there Is in my life a mystery and
a consuming grief; true, also, that the muse
who 10 the mistress OF my heart has tangled
my life pulses in the meshes OF her siren hair.
Like all poets. am taciturn aud given to in
troversiou. aud It's because pace this worlds
highways with bent and thoughtful head that
the ''hoi poiiOi'' have thought l must have
murdered my grandmother. Such is the iudg-
deal IN the fabrics Of dreams. 1t is the fash
ion to malign us, as you know. "Consuetudo
pro lege servatur." Faithfully yours,
ERNEST CARLTON.
folded the paper, 81 call that neat"
Then went over 10 the Blizzard office
for jenkins. Little did they suspect that
the Mr.. Simpson who wanted to see Mr..
jenkins was no other than Ernest Carl
ton, the eminent poet. In few moments
jenkins appeared and We went out to
cOnsu 1t.
"What are you going to do noww 1
inquired. he laid his finger Longitude
oil 10 uln Un me al 10
walt tor tomorrow Blizzard" And
did. When it came Out 1t contained an
editorial in Which lt thanked its az Leemed
contemporary for tue evidence AZ first
hand in tue matter Of theI controversy
regarding Ernest Cartoons grand
mother, aud concluded with rhapsod-
ical expression Of admiration for Cartoons
poems.
could have Rugged jenkins. The dear
boy had evidently worked the editor OF
the Blizzard on the same tactics as those
which Marlowe bad enplOyed with the
editor ut the Vortex. 1t was delicious.
And yet as j went home / couldn't help
being conscious of the fact that my flnan-
ciai calculations had been made Tor only
five days, and that the position OF things
at the expiration of that time bade fair 20
be awkward IL seemed ike an answer
TO my misgivings wnen my laudlady
handed me letter addressed 20 me- in a
rapid commercial hand and bearing on
one corner the printed card:
Field & Co., Soaps and Porfumcry.
broke. the envelope and Ike q
winged messenger OF consolation out
futtered-a checkl Yes; there was no
mistake about it--a CHI eek TO bearer for
$50. Hastily l read tbs accompanying
note. ltran:
OFFICE FIELD & Co.. December IS, ls--.
DEAR SIR: In accordans y Iifuirsp enter
prise started some u ND zo6Uv ouf nrun, we
are putting on the markOt new brands OF soap
from tima 20 time with original inscription .
as a trademark. With your permisslon We
propose to put on sale the Carlton Kitchen
CRYSTAL Soap" and would he obliged IL you
will send US a few original lines 60 print on
iuciosed 1nd check for $50, which please &C
knowledge. Yours, ETC.. FIELD u Co.
To Mr.. h. odriSt n.
Ialmost rceed. Here was fame at last.
Tearing y fly leaf from my notebook 1
penciled these lines:
As vice must bow meath virtues. frown
so dirt TO soap must ever yield,
Aud even tho you scour the town
You'll hnd no soap like that OF Field.
Then inclosed 1t, in a letter OF ac-
know ledgment signed Ernest Carlton,
which, having posted, rushed Tor Mar
lowe g. jenkins. Tue thought then up
permOst IN my mind was that we tnree
would have one square meal. And we
did. Ga. what toas's W. drank What
puns we made! What jokes we crackedi
We were no longer limited TO 1--WE days;
we had cash In hand for regular cam
paigu. And that campaign was Indeed
upon us. Tue Weekly Nav having come
out with an editorial headed "Who Is
This Man Carlton - was jumped upon by
botn the Blizzard and Vortex the manag.
Ing editors 0f which pRpers wed with
| each other in the desire 70 show that they
/ kn.- W NIL nbour Carlton